Wiener Neustadt Island
(russian: Остров Винер-Нёйштадт, ''Ostrov Viner-Neyshtadt'',
also Остров Винер-Нойштадт, ''Ostrov Viner-Noyshtadt'')
is an island in
Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land, Frantz Iosef Land, Franz Joseph Land or Francis Joseph's Land ( rus, Земля́ Фра́нца-Ио́сифа, r=Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa, no, Fridtjof Nansen Land) is a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. It is inhabited on ...
,
Russian Federation
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
.
History
This island was named after
Wiener Neustadt
Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land Distr ...
, a town located south of
Vienna
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, registration_plate = W
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, by the
Payer-
Weyprecht Austro-Hungarian Arctic expedition.
Geography
Wiener Neustadt Island is part of the
Zichy Land
Zichy Land (russian: Земля Зичи; ''Zemlya Zichy'') is a geographical subgroup of Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.
It is formed by the central cluster of large islands in the midst of the archipelago. The islands are separate ...
subgroup of the Franz Josef Archipelago. It is separated from
Ziegler Island and
Salisbury Island Salisbury Island may refer to:
* Salisbury Island (California), United States
* Salisbury Island (Nunavut), Canada
*Salisbury Island (Russia)
*Salisbury Island (Western Australia), Australia
*Iona Island (New York), once known as Salisbury Island
...
by the narrow
Collinson Sound ''(Proliv Kollinsona)''.
Wiener Neustadt Island's area is 237 km² and it is almost completely glacierized. The highest point of this island, Peak Parnass, is 620 m, the highest in Franz Josef Land.
Islands - UNEP
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References
Islands of Franz Josef Land
Wiener Neustadt
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